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Has he a black time at the weekend? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

knight

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'has he a black' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'time at the weekend?' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'night' (night is a kind of time).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the weekend?' becomes 'k' (I've seen this in other clues).
'night' put after 'k' is 'KNIGHT'.

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(Other definitions for knight that I've seen before include "Holder of non-hereditary title in UK" , "Chesspiece (in shining armour?)" , "Give title of 'Sir' to" , "cavalier" , "Mounted warrior of feudal times" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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